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Keetley Junction, Utah

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Park City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84060. It lies near Richardson Flat. The Survey maps it on the Park City East quadrangle.

Keetley Junction within Summit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Keetley Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 719 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOLD RANCH
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRICHARDSON FLATE
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRANCH MORNING
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDEER VALLEY
30 September 2000Fireworks25 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsABILITY CENTER FIRE
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTAR VIEW
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsI CAN HELP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 125 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 125 workings within 5 miles of Keetley Junction: 87 past producers, 19 occurrences, 18 producers, 1 prospect. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Dimension, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alliance TunnelSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1889, 1893
American Flag ShaftSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, IronPast ProducerGalena, Tetrahedrite
American Flag ShaftGold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper, IronPast Producer
American Flag Shaft No. 2Silver, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Tetrahedrite
Anchor Tunnel ProtalGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Constellation ShaftGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Daly Shaft No. 2Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer1885, 1886, 1955
East UtahLead, Zinc, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
East Utah ShaftSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Garey Shaft and ProspectsSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Summit County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
East Basin3.3 miles26
Park City3.3 miles26
Silver Creek Junction4.0 miles26
Atkinson4.1 miles26
Snyderville4.6 miles26
Silver Springs4.9 miles26
Kimball Junction5.5 miles26
Peoa6.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1437601. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.